Chapter 18: The Return
Chi Xuanqi and Shui Heshun left Minjing together and went to work for the formation of 'Qizhen Zhai'. Also going with him were Shui Ji Yu and Shui Chenhong, one of them was well-informed, and it was right to ask him to buy something; the other was an intelligence chief, and there was an endless stream of information from all over the country, and he would definitely be able to help a lot.
Not to mention that they were working hard outside, but with a smile, holding the plan written by Chi Xuanqi, pondering it every day, evaluating it in their minds, and by the way, suppressing the silver sword qi in their bodies that were running around, they felt that the days passed quickly;
The three of them didn't cause any trouble to Hanxiao, mainly because they hadn't seen Master Hou yet, and they hadn't opened their faces yet, so they angered the backyard housewife first, and they were sent out directly, so no one could help them. So during this time, the Chen family's concubine honestly didn't make any trouble.
As for the horizontal nose and vertical eyes when they met in the Baoqin Building, no one cared.
It's not that I don't want to please Hanxiao, but I have to be willing to see them! Except for a distant glance when I entered the door, a few people haven't seen Hanxiao since, and I can't do anything if I want to please!
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Xiao Di returned to Minjing in late July and late summer.
At that time, the exotic 'Qi Zhen Zhai' had already opened on Baoqing Street, and the summer stone... No, it's a cool gem... Popular in Minjing, looking at Shui Heshun with a smile, and then looking at the amount of money on the account book, he is also smiling cheerfully and brightly.
When the mood is right, I received a report: Xiao Di is back.
Hanxiao immediately stood up and greeted her, and Hongdan Lujiao carefully supported Hanxiao.
Looking at the people around him, the entire Hou Mansion seemed to come to life, and the quiet on weekdays was gone, and he smiled and realized: This is Xiao Di's territory, and it is smart because of Xiao Di's return.
Under the command of Yang Yuanzheng, the people packed up the Tuyi and suitcases brought back by Xiao Di, and all the departments and places were busy, sitting in the main hall of the main room with a smile and waiting, and several aunts also came in one after another to visit.
This is the first time that Hanxiao has seen them so closely, and of course, the three of them are also the first time they have seen Hanxiao up close.
Xiaoxiao just glanced at them, not paying much attention;
And the three of them saw the smiling face clearly, and their faces suddenly changed greatly, and they were a little distracted.
Yin Luo pursed his lips on the side, but did not say anything, let alone remind the three of them to bow and see each other.
Now I haven't gotten the permission of the Hou Ye, and I'm not a serious aunt in the mansion, so I don't need to ask too much, and it's not too late to teach them the rules when I officially become half the master of the Hou Mansion.
Su Niang had already arrived at the main room, but when she saw the beauties of Chunlan Qiuju in the hall, she couldn't help but feel sour in her heart, and after calming down for a long time, she maintained the calm on the surface and stepped into the main hall, first respectfully saluted Hanxiao, and then greeted Hongdan and Lujiao and others with a smile, ignoring the three beauties.
Chen's willow eyebrows were raised and he was about to get angry, as if he had thought of something, he glanced at Hanxiao and didn't have a seizure; Jiang secretly glanced at Hanxiao; Wu stood there silently with his head down all the time, as if he didn't pay attention to anything.
Xiao Di strode in, as if he hadn't noticed many beauties, and went straight to Hanxiao's side. Grabbed the man who was about to get up and salute with a smile: "I said earlier that we are husband and wife, what are you doing with these false courtesies?"
"Master Hou, the ceremony cannot be abolished. He replied with a smile.
Xiao Di was noncommittal, just pulled Hanxiao into his arms and ordered left and right: "Let's all go down! ā
Everyone in the room looked at each other, and finally Chen took a step forward and said in a coquettish voice: "Master Hou, the slave maid Chen asks for peace to Master Hou." Jiang wanted to step forward, took a step and shrank back, but in the end he didn't move. Wu didn't react the whole time.
Xiao Di frowned, asked with a smile: "Who is she? How can she dare to appear in front of me in the inner courtyard?" ā
The tone was as if Chen was shameless, daring to flatter in front of a foreign man.
Chen's face flushed with shame.
With a smile, he looked at the Chen family, the Jiang family, and the Wu family, and said, "Master Hou, she is the concubine given to you by the Queen Mother." Looking at Xiao Di's frowning brows, he said, "A lot of things have really happened in the house during this time!"
Xiao Di looked at it with a smile, and ordered without looking back: "Go down." The tone was stern and cold.
Everyone was taken aback and hurriedly retreated.
When Jiang Shi walked to the door, he glanced back at Xiao Di before going out.
"Master Hou, let's freshen up first! Let's talk about it later, okay?" said softly with a smile.
Xiao Di nodded, helped Hanxiao to sit down first, and then turned around and entered the quiet room, and Qingsha followed to serve.
Hong Dan frowned as he watched Qing Sha's actions from the sidelines.
Before Xiaoxiao got married, Xiao Di only had a big maid Su Niang, who only managed the inner courtyard and rarely served closely. The people around him are all small guys. After getting married, he smiled and arranged to order Qingsha to serve Xiao Di specifically, the original intention was to let Qingsha train a few people to serve specifically, but he didn't expect that people were not trained, and Qingsha herself got started.
Hanxiao stood up, and Lujiao stepped forward to help Hanxiao go to the back of the warm house.
When Xiao Di went to the back of the conservatory, he saw that Hanxiao was half lying on the soft collapse, with a light-colored mat underneath, and a layer of cool mats on the mat, which was cool and comfortable, holding a green jade cup in his hand, and his white fingers took advantage of the transparent green jade, Xiao Di looked a little in a trance, and in a blink of an eye, he saw the lotus pattern porcelain jar on the small table next to him, and the porcelain jar exuded a cool atmosphere. Xiao Di knew that it should be a cool treasure stone!
Although Xiao Di is out of the house, he still knows the situation in Minjing and the situation in the house, and he still knows something about the stone that appeared this summer.
Exotic items with high prices, almost every courtier of the Duke of Minjing have them, and they are very practical in summer.
Xiao Di also knew that the palace actually bought it, not through the Internal Affairs Office, but arranged for people to secretly buy it in large quantities, mainly because this was an exotic commodity, and the Internal Affairs Office was not good at buying it in large quantities openly.
Stretched out his hand to take the tea cup handed over by the green banana, took a sip, sat down on the soft collapse with a smile, and waved his hand to signal the people around him to go out.
He pursed his mouth with a smile, moved his body with difficulty, and said dissatisfiedly: "Isn't there a stool over there!
Xiao Di sniffed the dark fragrance on Hanxiao's body, looked at Hanxiao's angry expression and smiled silently.
smiled and couldn't help but be discouraged, forget it, for the sake of his thousands of miles of hard work, he doesn't care, he likes to sit there;
Thinking of those warblers and Yanyan in the house, his heart began to feel uncomfortable again, looking at Xiao Di who was close at hand, he reached out and grabbed his sleeve and asked, "What kind of errand are you doing when you go to Beijing this time?"
Xiao Di stretched out his hand and shook his hand with a smile, "When the saint succeeded to the throne, the first emperor once advised: 'In his later years, he met a talented man, surnamed Yao, a person from Lingzhou, a Jinshi in Dehua for 29 years, and once played a new policy in the cabinet, the first emperor felt good at the time, but it violated the interests of some ministers, and later this old man was suppressed by those ministers, and the first emperor had a poor control over the imperial court at that time, and there was no way to suppress it, so he could only keep the name of this Yao Ge Lao, let him go to Shi in advance safely, and then sent someone to protect Yao Ge Lao's return to his hometown. Now that the military power is in his hands, he wants to see what is going on with this old Yao Ge's new policy, which has made the first emperor unforgettable. ā
"Then did Master Hou go to Lingzhou to invite Yao Ge Lao?"
Xiao Di nodded softly: "Well, I went back to the capital this time with Yao Ge Lao." ā
As if thinking of something, he looked at Han Xiao and ordered: "When the time comes, you send someone over to ask, Yao Ge has been away from Beijing for many years, even if there is a house to live in, I am afraid that there will be many inconveniences in life, if we can help anything, we will try to help, and we will help the emperor share his worries." ā
He smiled and nodded.
Xiao Di hurriedly told again: "Xiaoxiao, your body is the most important, leave everything to the next person to do, don't be tired." ā
He glanced at Xiao Di with a smile and responded, "I know, Master Hou can rest assured." ā
I thought of those people in the mansion again: "No wonder the Chen family actually sent the concubine of the side line to the Hou Ye as a concubine, and asked the Queen Mother to make a decree in person, it turned out that there was a pavilion elder! I don't know how long the position of the old head of the Chen Pavilion can sit?"
"Chen Ge always wants to get to know Yao Ge Lao through me, and by the way, climb up to my relative, after all, I am a close minister of the emperor. ā
The queen's close ministers actually admired the queen, and they didn't know whether it was the emperor or the queen who was loyal? I don't know who Xiao Di will help? smiled and pouted, guessing that it was the Dingguo Mansion.
And this speculation made Xiaoxiao feel a little uncomfortable. Directly dissatisfied, he said: "What kind of relative is a concubine, is Chen Ge old and confused." I think Chen Ge Lao will simply give up the position of the first assistant to Yao Ge Lao by the way, so that he can implement the new policy!"
Xiao Di felt the direct and unabashed dissatisfaction in his heart with a smile, and seemed to have a strange feeling in his heart, which seemed to be sweet, and he smiled and comforted: "Don't be angry about this, you are in charge of the inner courtyard, you can do whatever you want, you can do what you want, you can do what you want, you can do it as you like, there is no need to be taboo or anything." ā
"That's what you said, and even if someone comes to you and cries, you are not allowed to interfere. He looked at Xiao Di with a smile and asked for a promise.
Xiao Di nodded, the inner courtyard was originally the territory of the housewife, and he would never take care of it;
Only those places where the child gang is often chaotic, or where the housemother has no ability to restrain will there be no distinction between inside and outside, Xiao Di is not worried about this, even if Xiaoxiao does not have this ability, as long as the smiling maid has this ability, and this maid is loyal to Hanxiao, it is okay.
At present, it seems that Yinluo has no second thoughts about Hanxiao.
"Then what kind of excitement is the Chen Guogong Mansion doing! He asked with a puzzled smile.
"Chen Guogong's favor has gradually declined in recent years, and there are no outstanding talents, and the current Chen Guogong will only work women, and his heart will be heart-to-heart, thinking that others will be tempted by women like him. ā
"And when the first emperor Yao Ge was framed, there was the handwriting of Chen Guogong's mansion. Now that Yao Ge Lao is likely to return to power, it is also appropriate for Chen Guogong's mansion to panic. ā
He pouted with a smile and said, "Oh!"
As if he remembered something, he whispered, "Master Hou." ā
"What's wrong!" Xiao Di carefully stroked his smiling belly and asked casually.
"I... Iā" stammered with a smile.
"What the hell is going on!" Xiao Di raised his head, and his smiling expression was really a little empty.
"I helped Master Hou get a concubine's room. With a smile, he closed his eyes and finished in one breath.
Xiao Di was stunned, sat up straight and said, "Isn't it good for the two of us to live a good life?" Madame hurriedly pushed me to others, is there any dissatisfaction with her husband in her heart?"
smiled and was speechless, and waited for a long time before he spoke: "There are new people entering the house one after another, and I can't refuse at all, and I am pregnant again, and I feel uneasy, so... So... I will think of finding a sister to help me serve my husband. ā
Xiao Di was silent for a while, looking at Hanxiao's somewhat uneasy look, his heart softened, and he comforted softly: "Don't be nervous, it's all because I didn't tell you in advance, you should be uneasy." ā
lowered his head and thought about it: "The Chen family given by the Queen Mother has no way to refuse, just invite someone to drink a cup of wine another day, I heard that she is a little proud, suppress her arrogance, change her temperament, and save what moths in the future;
That Jiang family, since the Chen Guogong Mansion sent it over, it was a bet that was lost, and it was at my disposal, so leave it to me!
As for the Wu family you are looking for, I think it should be a woman from a good family!"
Listening to Xiao Di's arrangement with a smile, he nodded when he heard the words: "The family background is innocent and literate, but the family is poor." ā
"Then give the Wu family some silver jewelry, and help her buy a dowry, just marry a maid and send her out. ā
After arranging it, he said: "In the future, you are not allowed to make your own decisions like now." ā
Xiaoxiao buried her head in Xiao Di's arms a little embarrassed, nodded, and didn't say a word.
Xiao Di smiled, seeing that the affairs at home were properly discussed, he half lay on the soft stall, hugged the smile in his arms and closed his eyes leisurely.
Feeling that the time was almost up, he instructed the outside: "Let's set up dinner in the conservatory!"
For Hanxiao, Xiao Di always has unspeakable indebtedness and guilt in his heart, so he always has endless patience and tolerance for Hanxiao, and his indifferent temper never occurs on Hanxiao.
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After the rain, the sky is clear, and a small fish left behind can only swim in the fish tank, which will not affect the overall situation!